By Omeiza Ajayi The Presidential Taskforce, PTF, on COVID-19 has said Nigeria will take delivery of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech approved COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this Tuesday at a news briefing by the PTF. He said: […]

The Premier League confirmed on Tuesday that 40 players and staff tested positive for coronavirus in two rounds of testing over the past week but insisted the season would continue as planned. That figure is more than double the previous record of 18 positive cases and comes as England enters a nationwide lockdown to halt […]

Operatives of the Lagos State police command have arrested seventy-one persons for violating Covid-19 protocol at Lekki and Surulere areas of the state respectively.

By Umar Yusuf – Yola Adamawa State Government says it is disturbed at the growing rate of COVID-19  spike in the state of recent and has appealed for cooperation and support from the public in its efforts to contain the new wave. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who spoke through his Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonoshiko attributed […]

The Federal Government says it has opened talks with the Peoples Republic of China to have access to COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria.

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Since the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic started on December 1, 2020, Edo State has recorded five deaths and 113 recoveries even as the state government intensifies efforts to curb the spread of the virus. The Edo State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this in a briefing […]

Paul Okoye (now known as Rude Boy) of the seperated P-Square music group has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The singer announcing the development on his Instagram noted he has been under medical treatment for the condition since the last ten (10) days. In his post, Rude Boy using the F-word to describe his frustration […]

Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last […]

Schools and colleges across the United Kingdom closed on Tuesday ahead of a national lockdown as the country battled to control surging coronavirus cases that are threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. The tough new measures were announced Monday even as Britain began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca shots, a possible game-changer in fighting Covid-19 worldwide, […]

Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last […]

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Egypt said Sunday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of four Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit allegedly due to lack of oxygen, amid a public outcry. “The prosecutor’s office in Al-Husseiniya (in the northern Sharqiya province) summoned the director of Al-Husseiniya hospital to question him over the deaths of four people due […]

Millions of Kenyan pupils returned to school on Monday for the first time since classes were dismissed 10 months earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before entering school to repeat their lost academic year, in what was both a relief and a concern to their parents. “As a parent […]

Kwara Government says it has recorded 44 more COVID-19 cases, while 101 patients, who tested negative twice have been discharged. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman for the Technical Committee on COVID-19, made this known in a statement on Monday in Ilorin. ALSO READ: Despite Covid-19, we executed initiatives to deepen […]

Son of late billionaire transporter and owner of Ekene Dili Chukwu Motors, Augustine Ilodibe Jnr, is dead.